An increase in the heart rate and cardiac output occurs which dilates the blood vessels causing the blood to flow throughout the liver more efficiently. (Schwartz JS‚ 1987) Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is caused by liver disease‚ HPS occurs from the vasodilation of the blood vessels. When vasodilation occurs it causes a shortness of breath due to the exertion and loss of energy‚ and it also causes hypoxaemia which is due to vasodilation.
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Stickler’s Syndrome Stickler’s Syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that causes problems with vision‚ hearing‚ bones‚ and joints. Stickler’s Syndrome was named after Dr. Gunnar B. Stickler. In 1960‚ a 12 year old boy was analyzed at Mayo Foundation in Minnesota. The boy had expansions of quite a few of the joints‚ he was also very short sighted. His mother also had a problem‚ she was blind. Dr. Stickler founded that other members of this family had similar symptoms. This made Stickler
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Klinefelter syndrome is an additional X chromosome in the cells affecting males. Meiotic nondisjunction is the major result of this syndrome. There are differences in the degree of severity of physical‚ language‚ and behavioral development symptoms between affected individuals. Klinefelter syndrome is not passed from parent to child; even though‚ women who have pregnancies after the age of 35 may have an increased chance of having a boy with the presence of extra sex chromosome. Tests for chromosome
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normal 44-year-old‚ 6 ft. [183 cm] tall man of average intelligence. [edit] Effects [edit] Physical traits XYY syndrome typically causes no unusual physical features or medical problems. Males with this syndrome may be slightly taller than average and are typically a few centimeters taller than their father and siblings. Skeletal malformations may also accompany XYY syndrome at a higher rate than in the general population. Severe facial acne has occasionally been reported‚ but dermatologists
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The bottle Syndrome: Learn what to watch! Many children acquire a bad habit to drink their milk in the bottle and immediately after sleep without having washed their teeth. As explains pediatrician Dr. Spyros Mazanis‚ mothers succumb to this "requirement" child of ignorance in order not to lose the habit to drink their evening milk. Of course not excluded that this practice is and during the daily meals accompanied by sleep. This habit can cause serious and irreversible damage to the milk teeth
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the virus incubates in the host for approximately one week before becoming outwardly apparent. The first sign is a rash that appears after a week of incubation and only lasts for about three days. This rash will start on the face before spreading down to the trunk and limbs3. The rash will then disappear in the in the reverse order. In addition to swelling of the lymph nodes‚ joint pain can accompany the rash‚ but disappear when the rash disappears. Flu-like
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Project Waardenburg Syndrome Brian Tokay March 4‚ 2011 Waardenburg Syndrome is an inherited disorder characterized by different levels of hearing loss and changes in hair and skin pigmentation. A common trait of Waardenburg Syndrome is different colored eyes or very bright blue eyes‚ a low hairline‚ connected eyebrows‚ some may have a patch of white hair or grey hair by the age of twelve‚ and a wide space between the eyes. There are at least four types of Waardenburg Syndrome-Types 1‚2‚3‚and
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Turner Syndrome Many people don’t know what Turner syndrome is while other people actually have the disorder. Turner syndrome is actually a common disorder found in girls. There is only one cause for this disorder and it’s within the genes‚ but there are many symptoms. There are many other things people may not know about Turner Syndrome that are very interesting. As we all know there can be mistakes during the division in sex cells and that’s actually were turner syndrome comes into place. During
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Marfan Syndrome is caused by a genetic mutation. Marfan can be passed on from parents or can occur spontaneously. The disorder happens in the gene that enables your body to produce a protein that helps give connective tissue its elasticity and strength. The mutation results in an increase in a protein called transforming growth factor beta‚ or TGF-B. The increase causes the problems in the connective tissues of the body. Marfan Syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder. An autosomal recessive
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Tourette Syndrome was first described by a French doctor named Georges Gilles de la Tourette. (Joseph‚ Kidshealth) The disease can be very hard to control depending on the severity. It can cause repetitive movements or sudden jerks such as excessive eyeblinking‚ or shrugging your shoulders and even head jerking. Tourette’s can also can cause you to say unwanted things such as offensive phrases/words or blurting out random words‚ which are typically called tics. (Tourette Syndrome‚ Mayoclinic) Tics
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